March 2026

Thursday, 26 March 2026

Keep Deterministic Work Deterministic

Andrew Stellman, O'Reilly Radar: “(It’s possible to reproduce the full compounding-reliability problem in a chat, but a prompt that did it reliably would be far too long to put in an article.)”

Thursday, 19 March 2026

In Search of Banksy

Simon Gardner, James Pearson and Blake Morrison, Reuters: “‘Does an idea belong to those who use it or those who find it?’”

Friday, 13 March 2026

“This Is Not The Computer For You”

Sam Henri Gold: “Yes, you will hit the limits of this machine. […] memory is finite, silicon has a clock speed, processes cost something. You are learning physics. […] The kid who tries to run Blender on a Chromebook doesn’t learn that his machine can’t handle it. He learns that Google decided he’s not allowed to. Those are completely different lessons.”

Monday, 9 March 2026

So You Want to Do Agentic Development

Rui Carmo: “Effective steering isn’t about reprompting and hoping for the best; it’s about funnelling the agent’s attention to the right context …”

The Accidental Orchestrator

Andrew Stellman: “The industry conversation was dominated by agents, tool use, MCP, and real-time reasoning. Batch APIs shipped with relatively little fanfare, but they represent a genuine shift in how we can use LLMs.”